The TXRD Hellcats and las Putas del Fuego slugged it out old school in Sunday night’s roller derby bout.  The Putas were looking for their first victory of the season, and the Hellcats were looking to continue their march to the Calvello Cup.  Curly Suicide and Lynnie Bruise began the first jam of the night, with Curly scoring one point for the Hellcats.  This jam quickly established a couple of patterns that would recur throughout the night: fast pack speed, low scores, and brutally tough blocking.  Miso Vicious and Curly Suicide defeated Titz McGee and Lynnie Bruise in a pushcart penalty that actually set the Putas back into a negative score.  Purr Anna broke through with a 3 point jam that began the scoring momentum for the Hellcats.  Curly Suicide added another two points, aided by a massive hit on Lynnie Bruise from Glitterotica.  Several scoreless jams followed as the fast pack speed continued.  At many times, the bout almost looked like a foot race.  Dixie Sanchez broke the scoring drought with a full jam, and Curly Suicide added three more points to the board.  At the end of the first quarter, the score was Hellcats 12, Putas 0.
The second quarter began with two major penalties: one on Holly Peno from the end of the first quarter and one on Chicle during the reskate.  Dixie Sanchez made the most of the Putas losing one blocker and skated a full jam.  La Princesa made her first score of the night (two points) to Miso Vicious’s four points.  La Princesa was also a major blocking factor in this bout.  She skated down several Hellcat jammers, keeping them from gaining lead jammer status with some impressive displays of athleticism. In the following jam, Purr Anna threw a strong block on Chicle to get Curly Suicide through the pack, but to no avail.  A strong hit from Crybaby caused Purr Anna to get behind the pack in the next jam and allowed Heine Dancer to put up two more points for the Putas.  Crybaby was then called for a penalty and had to face Kinky Kowalsky in an arm wrestle.  Kinky won without even breaking a sweat.  Maya Mayhem next scored three points after Curly Suicide was sent flying over the rail with a ferocious block by La Princesa.  Catalac kicked into high gear for the Hellcats and scored her first point of the evening.  The first half ended with a fight between Curly Suicide and Maya Mayhem.  The score at the half:  Hellcats 22, Putas del Fuego 6.
Fights and hard hits would turn out to be what defined the second half of this bout.  The half began with three scoreless jams.  A hard fought, fast jam between Purr Anna and Chicle ended with three Hellcat points and two Puta points.  Curly Suicide overcame some more tough blocks by La Princesa to add two more to the Hellcats total.  Heine Dancer (tagged in for Joann Thrax) took away a Hellcat point after winning a long jump penalty over Moko Loco.  In the following jam, Purr Anna had a huge takedown of Heine Dancer, which resulted in Purr Anna’s first ever major penalty.  Chicle illegally took out Catalac in the next jam (Catalac was injured) and earned a major penalty.  A fight broke out between some of the Hellcats and the Flamers (the Putas Jeerleaders) over an ill-timed attempt to rile up the crowd for the Putas while an injured Catalac was still being examined on the track.  After that dust cleared, the third period ended with two scoreless jams.  The score at the end of the third quarter:  Hellcats 26, Putas del Fuego 8.
The scoring drought continued into the fourth quarter until La Princesa broke through with a full jam to add five points to the Putas.  Curly Suicide tried to answer back with a point of her own.  During the next jam, a fight broke out between Moko Loco and La Princesa.  Joann Thrax got the penalty and defeated Lacy Bones in a pillow fight.  The next jam got very messy; another fight broke out, this one between Heine Dancer and Miss Amerikill.  Dirty Blonde (managing the team instead of skating because of an injured knee) also got involved, and both Heine Dancer and Dirty Blonde were ejected from the bout.  Subsequently, during the next jam between Curly Suicide and La Princesa, Heine Dancer threw a stuffed unicorn (a Putacorn, officially) onto the track from the sidelines, interrupting the jam.  Catalac then jammed against Chicle, who scored a point.  Catalac picked up a major.  Purr Anna took Catalac’s place at the jammer line, and Chicle scored three more points, bringing the final score to Hellcats 27, las Putas del Fuego 15.
This bout was less offensive than defensive as the Hellcat jammers seemed to take their foot off the gas a bit in the second half (Dixie Sanchez and Curly Suicide were both speeding through the pack almost at will early in the bout) and work on blocking instead of scoring.  The always scrappy Putas hung in there and fought (literally) to the finish. Rookies for both teams showed great improvement.  The next bout will be between longtime rivals the Holy Rollers and the Rhinestone Cowgirls on May 3.  See you at the Thunderdome!
Lady A

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